"Clark"

I'm generally not in the business of book reviews and promotion--I have enough trouble getting my own trash published. But when an MU does well enough that a major universiyy press publishes his autobiography, I'm willing to pay attention.

Actually, this isn't just an MU; it's the MU. "Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry" has just been published by the University of California Press.

Terry, according the the publisher's press release, wrote this life story himself. It's not a ghost-written "as told to" piece-work assemblage. It's the un-hyped and unpolished story of a major figure in jazz and Navy music history, in his own words. If you've ever read Count Basie's Good Morning Blues, you know what I'm talkin' 'bout.

Title: Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry 
George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies 
Publisher: University of California Press 
ISBN-10: 0520268466 
ISBN-13: 978-0520268463
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